English edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “Perhaps related to float, even floating voter?”)

Adjective edit

floterial (not comparable)

  1. (US, politics) Of an electoral district composed of two or more towns or precincts due to an inability of either town to produce a sufficient constituency for its own representation.

Noun edit

floterial (plural floterials)

  1. (US, politics) An electoral district of this kind.